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Air taxi pilot reported multiple delays that resulted in a low fuel condition requiring a diversion to an enroute field.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1412628 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201612 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GYR.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Vectors Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 8500 Flight Crew Type 4800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
IFR flight to destination hii. Had ground hold delay before departure; unexpected ATC hold en-route due to an aircraft declaring minimal fuel approaching same airport; vector delays by ATC; went missed. Two other aircraft in holds waiting to approach nearest airport; made decision to return by direct vectors to home base. Due to low fuel situation and unexpected headwinds diverted to closer airport. On approach [advised ATC of emergency condition] due to possible fuel exhaustion. Flight planned fuel may not have been sufficient due to unexpected delays. Canned company flight plan did not contain required alternate airport information as required by regulation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air taxi pilot reported multiple delays that resulted in a low fuel condition requiring a diversion to an enroute field.
Narrative: IFR flight to destination HII. Had ground hold delay before departure; unexpected ATC hold en-route due to an aircraft declaring minimal fuel approaching same airport; vector delays by ATC; went missed. Two other aircraft in holds waiting to approach nearest airport; made decision to return by Direct vectors to home base. Due to low fuel situation and unexpected headwinds diverted to closer airport. On approach [advised ATC of emergency condition] due to possible fuel exhaustion. Flight planned fuel may not have been sufficient due to unexpected delays. Canned company flight plan did not contain required alternate airport information as required by regulation.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.